On Wednesday, an Austrian advocacy group, noyb.eu, filed a complaint with France's data protection watchdog in which it claimed Google has breached an EU court ruling by sending unsolicited advertising emails directly to Gmail users’ inboxes. The group argued that the Alphabet unit, whose revenues stem primarily from online advertising, should ask users of Gmail […]
Twitter’s former security chief Peiter Zatko has alleged in a whistleblower complaint that the social media company misled federal regulators about its defences against spam accounts and hackers. In an 84-page complaint, Zatko alleged that Twitter falsely claimed it had a solid security plan, according to documents relayed by congressional investigators. The document claims the […]
Dorsey, who stood down as Twitter's chief executive in November and left the board in May, was asked for documents and communications about Musk's April agreement to purchase the social media platform and about its spam accounts. In July, Musk told Twitter he was severing his agreement to buy Twitter for $54.20 per share because […]
On Wednesday, Australia’s highest court overturned a ruling that found tech giant Google to have engaged in defamation by providing a link to a disputed article. The High Court of Australia’s seven-judge panel voted 5-2 to dismiss a previous finding that Google played a part in publishing the article by acting as a “library”. The […]
According to the order from Chancellor Kathaleen McCormick of the Delaware Court of Chancery, the social media giant was ordered to collect, review, and produce documents from former General Manager of Consumer Product Kayvon Beykpour. In April, Elon Musk made a deal to acquire Twitter for $44 billion, but later abandoned the deal over the […]
The parent company of two energy producers, GIT Inc, is seeking $250 million in damages from law firm Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, claiming it mismanaged its handling of a federal lawsuit two years ago that resulted in a loss of $136 million. In a lawsuit filed Thursday in New York County Supreme Court, GIT […]
EDF, which is undergoing nationalisation, has filed a compensation claim over the extension of France’s price cap in January. The French government forced the company to sell more of its energy to rival firms at prices below the market rates in a bid to address record-high energy prices that are exacerbating the cost of living […]
The settlement was filed on Monday by Chipotle and the NYC Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP) in an administrative case that claims Chipotle failed to provide its staff with their schedules two weeks in advance. Chipotle also allegedly failed to pay its workers a premium for shifts that were unscheduled, which is required […]
E-commerce giant Amazon has been hit with a proposed class action claiming it failed to provide breaks and sufficient facilities for warehouse workers to pump breast milk. In a lawsuit filed in Los Angeles federal court, Amazon employee Fernanda Torres claimed the 640,000-square-foot warehouse in Beaumont, California where she works has just one small room […]
On Friday, Netflix sued the creators of an allegedly unauthorised musical stage production of its popular Regency-era series “Bridgerton." The streaming giant accused the creators of copyright infringement. The complaint was filed against Abigail Barlow and Emily Bear in the federal court in Washington, just days after “The Unofficial Bridgerton Musical” was performed in the […]
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